A Swiss journalist, who has written about degree mills, has told me about this institution, which has been discussed on a German forum, and which may well be less than wonderful. The English version of the site is not operational, so any thoughts from German-speaking people will be welcome The university site: http://www.uni-zug.ch The German forum: (http://www.gomopa.net/foren/forum/96/doktor-adelstitel-diplomatenpasse.htm)
Well.. I had a gander at the gomopa.net forum and at the university's website as well... Where to start without translating the entire website... The very first paragraphs states that they offer degrees (masters, drs. ) even if you haven't completed high school - or haven't gone to university. It states that "an academic degree grants you (social) status and employement success (advancement). In this day and age, academics are are sought." already sounds like a mill, doesn't it? First off, the site states that you can do your MBA or Dr. Phil in 4 - 7 months - the dissertation can be done in "at least 60-80 pages or 100 pages for the Dr.". They ask you to provide them with 2 - 3 topics, 1 of which you can choose to write your dissertation on. There are no textbooks and no 'distance education' - you get the topic, write your paper, hand it in ( two copies ), they read it over and voila... your degree is granted. The site also thats that "as far as they know" the 'titel' you receive ( ie. Dr. ) can be used - but you have to ensure that you can use the title in your country... Next, uni-zug.ch copied another degree mill's degree offerings word for word, as well as several degree descriptions... uni-zug.ch describes itself as a internationally recognized distance education facility... a private-sector university - though nowhere on the site do they validate their claim - no accredication listed. Looks very much like a mill... to me!
This school really is not-that-wonderful. How shall anybody take a school seriously which does not even offer ANY kind of physical adress (they didn't even care to set up a mailbox drop??) Despite that everything that is online is completely independant of the school. Looks like a diploma mill template to me: no faculty information, campus information, course information, basically there is no information at all split over several webpages?!?
